WEBVTT - Swimmer Ariarne Titmus is sharpening her mindset for Paris

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<v Speaker 1>Hey there, you're listening to an extra special episode of

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<v Speaker 1>Healthy Ish, your podcast from Body and Soul. I am

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<v Speaker 1>Felicity Harley. Yes, this week we're celebrating our superstar Olympians.

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<v Speaker 1>We've got some really big names for you, and to

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<v Speaker 1>kick it off is perhaps one of the biggest. Arianne Tiitmas,

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<v Speaker 1>already an Olympic medalist of course, joins me on this episode.

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<v Speaker 1>Now keep in mind we recorded these before she flew

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<v Speaker 1>to Paris, actually before she even made the team, and

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<v Speaker 1>I asked her to share how she gets her mindset

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<v Speaker 1>ready to go for the biggest event of her life.

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<v Speaker 1>Make sure you're listening to extra Healthyish as well, where

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<v Speaker 1>she discusses how she stays true to herself with all

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<v Speaker 1>the pressure that surrounds her. You can grab that wherever

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<v Speaker 1>you get podcasts. Arianne, welcome to Healthy Ish and Well.

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<v Speaker 1>Congratulations on representing US and champion US at the Olympics.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks for listening. It's such an honor for me. I

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<v Speaker 2>feel representing Australia at the Olympics is definitely the pinnacle

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<v Speaker 2>of most sports and to be able to do that

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<v Speaker 2>and not just be at the Games, but hopefully be

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<v Speaker 2>fighting for some gold medals is really exciting. What does it.

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<v Speaker 1>Feel like to represent a country? I mean it's I

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<v Speaker 1>mean for me, it's just it must feel extraordinary. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>is it a pressure, is it an excitement or how

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<v Speaker 1>does that feel for you?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I remember the first time I represented Australia and

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<v Speaker 2>it's this incredible sense of pride. I think wearing our

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<v Speaker 2>colors and knowing that you've been selected with the task

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<v Speaker 2>as being one of the best representatives to do a

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<v Speaker 2>job in the pool is really special. But it kind

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<v Speaker 2>of it sounds bizarre, but everything's relative in your life.

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<v Speaker 2>And when I was twelve years old, national age was

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<v Speaker 2>the biggest thing for me, whereas now going to an

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<v Speaker 2>Olympic Games is relatively my goal. But you know what

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<v Speaker 2>I'm striving for in my life right now, So it's

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<v Speaker 2>really bizarre. I think when you're living in this world,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't really realize how incredible these opportunities are. I

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<v Speaker 2>think once I finished me and look back on it,

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<v Speaker 2>I'll realize how special this moment in my life is.

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<v Speaker 2>But I just think the most incredible sense of pride

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<v Speaker 2>is what I feel at represent our country.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's interesting you say that because I have heard

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of athletes say that you're just kind of

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<v Speaker 1>focusing on the next thing, and for you that's a goal,

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<v Speaker 1>whereas you know, the rest of us are like, oh

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<v Speaker 1>my god, that's an amazing goal, and you're just like, well,

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<v Speaker 1>it's just the next one in a list of you know, well,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not being so blase about it, but just tick

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<v Speaker 1>it off, tick it.

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<v Speaker 2>Off, yeah, yeah, box ticking.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, yes, I mean that's not to undervalue it, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>but yeah, I appreciate where you're coming from. What is

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<v Speaker 1>what does the training look like when you're going into Olympics?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, what do you you know, a week or

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<v Speaker 1>two beforehand, what are you doing in the pool?

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<v Speaker 2>A week or two beforehand? Is really the point where

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<v Speaker 2>physically you can't really do anything to make yourself perform

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<v Speaker 2>better or anything to make yourself perform worse. I think

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<v Speaker 2>in the pool at that point, it's really about sharpening

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<v Speaker 2>your toolboxes such more so fine tuning little things. We

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<v Speaker 2>do what's called tapering, so your workload drastically drops from

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<v Speaker 2>what you've been maintaining for such a long period of time.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's really about getting the body ready to go.

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<v Speaker 2>But I think the one thing that can really make

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<v Speaker 2>or break your performance can be your mindset in those

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<v Speaker 2>final two weeks. I think that you can be prepared

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<v Speaker 2>physically the best that you possibly can. You can do

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<v Speaker 2>a truckload of work for months and years out from

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<v Speaker 2>a games with every aspect done perfectly or as close

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<v Speaker 2>to perfect as possible. But if you really haven't got

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<v Speaker 2>your mind switched on or in the right mindset to compete,

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<v Speaker 2>it can really undo everything, which is crazy to think about,

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<v Speaker 2>but power of the mind is incredible and I think

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<v Speaker 2>definitely after competing at you know, the highest level in

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<v Speaker 2>sport for many years now, it definitely comes down to

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<v Speaker 2>that in the in the final, in the final moments.

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<v Speaker 1>So how do you get your mindset in check? Like,

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<v Speaker 1>what what do you do? I mean, you've had experience,

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<v Speaker 1>I suppose, thankfully you've been to one before and come

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<v Speaker 1>home with metals. So how do you go into into Paris?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, for me, I think you have to have that

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<v Speaker 2>utmost confidence and belief in yourself to be able to perform,

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<v Speaker 2>and for me personally, the only way to do that

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<v Speaker 2>is to know that I've done everything I possibly can

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<v Speaker 2>in the pool, to stand behind the block with a

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<v Speaker 2>sense of pride, knowing that I've turned over every stone.

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<v Speaker 2>I think if I second guess myself, you can't really

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<v Speaker 2>stand behind the block knowing that you've done everything you can.

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<v Speaker 2>And so there's so many aspects that go into training

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<v Speaker 2>that people don't realize the amount of staff around you

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<v Speaker 2>that play different roles. In swimming, there's actually a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of data analysis involved. Stroke efficiency skills, stroke count, breathing patterns,

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<v Speaker 2>underwater dives, turns skills. There are all aspects of your

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<v Speaker 2>training that you have to try and nail on top

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<v Speaker 2>of the grueling, thirty five hour a week training. So

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<v Speaker 2>you really want to try and know that you've done

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<v Speaker 2>all of that to the best of your ability and

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<v Speaker 2>then have the mental capacity to stand behind the block

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<v Speaker 2>and go, I've done everything I get can and if

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<v Speaker 2>these girls beat me, then they deserve to win. And

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<v Speaker 2>that's the way that I like to feel going into

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<v Speaker 2>an Olympete games.

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<v Speaker 1>That's really interesting. So you have data about basically every

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<v Speaker 1>single mini skill movement in your race that you can

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<v Speaker 1>look at analyze. I mean, does someone come to you

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<v Speaker 1>with all this and say, okay to tweak you around

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<v Speaker 1>that way or do your turn this way or yep?

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<v Speaker 2>Pretty much I've worked with a couple of sports scientists

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<v Speaker 2>and their job is performance analysis, and they analyze every

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<v Speaker 2>race I do. Nick, who I work with, has been

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<v Speaker 2>my performance scientist since I was fifteen, So I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know how many races of mine is analyzed. But you

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<v Speaker 2>look at turn times, dive times, power to weaight ratio,

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<v Speaker 2>stroke efficiency, stroke count, velocity, all these things, because the

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<v Speaker 2>tiniest little, you know, tweak can be the difference between

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<v Speaker 2>a gold or a silver. And at this point or

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<v Speaker 2>at this level in assuming it's really those small things

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<v Speaker 2>that make a big difference.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, they do, don't they. I mean, that's that's phenomenal.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean that we're this far. I didn't actually appreciate that.

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<v Speaker 1>All that goes into to what you deliver on the day.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you do the morning before the race.

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<v Speaker 2>I try to be as relaxed as possible. I try

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<v Speaker 2>to be just me and not think about the task

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<v Speaker 2>at hand. I really set an alarm. I try to

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<v Speaker 2>be quite awake before I race, so wake at least

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<v Speaker 2>three or four hours up before I'm due to race,

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<v Speaker 2>and just to have a normal breakfast, maybe some porridge

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<v Speaker 2>with fruit, think about some certain points in the race,

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<v Speaker 2>that I want to try and really nail, but being

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<v Speaker 2>as relaxed as possible and really know that at the

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<v Speaker 2>end of the day, I'm doing something I love and

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<v Speaker 2>it's really just swimming, That's all it is. And I've

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<v Speaker 2>just got to go out there and swim. And if

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<v Speaker 2>anyone's prepared to do it, it's me. If I was

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<v Speaker 2>to get you to get up on the block and

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<v Speaker 2>Olympic Games, it'd be much harder than for me to

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<v Speaker 2>do it. So I really just try to think about

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<v Speaker 2>that in stage relaxed as possible, and try and take

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<v Speaker 2>everything out of the situation and not think about what

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<v Speaker 2>I'm actually doing. Just really think about swimming up and

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<v Speaker 2>down the pool and try and remember why I started swimming,

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<v Speaker 2>and in those big moments, it's really just about bringing

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<v Speaker 2>yourself back to earth as much as you can.

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<v Speaker 1>And by the way, never see me on the blocks

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<v Speaker 1>up there, and you just said one thing that I

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<v Speaker 1>just want to pick up. Having fun. I think so

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<v Speaker 1>much is lost in sport. I mean I see it

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<v Speaker 1>with my own sons who made the state AFL team

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<v Speaker 1>the South Wales recently, and we just have to keep

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<v Speaker 1>reminding him it's also about having fun and coming back

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<v Speaker 1>to why you are doing what you're doing.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, exactly. I started swimming because I loved it and

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<v Speaker 2>I still love it. I love the social aspect it brings.

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<v Speaker 2>I love what it feels like to push yourself every day,

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<v Speaker 2>and I love the feeling of racing and being and

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<v Speaker 2>a competitor. And that's why we do it really, so

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<v Speaker 2>you have to really enjoy those big moments as much

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<v Speaker 2>as you can.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, all the best and yeah, well go go a Wasie,

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<v Speaker 1>thanks for joining us, unhealthy.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks for liicity. Wow.

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<v Speaker 1>Takes a lot of self belief to well not only

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<v Speaker 1>be on the Australian swim team, but to swim an Olympics,

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<v Speaker 1>especially again. Yeah again. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chat.

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